Technology

We should be investing billions in creating livable spaces that don’t need cars so much. Then people will be happier and there will be less pollution.

when someone figures out how to make the better options more profitable than the bad options we'll finally see progress.

until then we're fucked

I mean the US is heavily car centric. Self driving cars are an attempt to adapt to what the reality of the world currently is.

We should absolutely be doing things to make cars less of a requirement by improving public transit and creating more livable spaces that don't require cars, that can even be the primary goal, but it won't eliminate cars completely, and if it does it will take A LOT longer than self driving cars.

Self driving cars are a great idea, but they aren't a fix everything solution, they just one part of an overall solution.

Quick edit: Also the cars Musk is developing are not even close to what we need. He's being deliberately obtuse and creating more problems than he's solving.

It’s insane how shit the US is at managing its cars considering how aggressively they’ve forced them as the only truly viable mode of transport. It sucks horribly to drive in North America but it’s the only option given to people. Like, if you’re gunna do the worst option at least do it right and have some pride in the system.

The US doesn’t give a fuck about its people.

Proof of concept fails in a spectacular fireball?

Fuck it, owners are too invested, ship it anyway.

Feels like I work for the same company.

Why repair the plane on the ground...if it's a real problem, we can fix it mid-flight.

Not trying to defend Tesla on this because fuck Musk and everything he touches but are there stats on how, when, and why the human took over? Did they just not take over? Did they take over to late? Did they take over and make the situation worse?

My campus has a self driving mini bus service though there's a real driver in the driver's seat jic.

Six months from now. Just as true today as it was ten years ago.

I rented one once for an hour, that was all the Tesla experience I needed tbh.

Wasn't a P100D or anything, just a Y Long Range, but I no longer have any curiosity about it. Interior was bland af, ride quality was barely any better than a cheapo Hyundai... The only good things are the giant tablet not being slow as hell, and the powertrain being fun.

You get a lot more with European cars if you're willing to pay Tesla level prices. Or you can get a completely OK car from Korea or Japan and pay less (as long as it isn't a Lexus, those are expensive).

He fired them because he knew his system sucked, and would never be roadworthy, and that was the department that would stop him. So he fired them, and here we are.

I'm actually looking forward to a lot of good crashes, that they'll explain away as Sleepy Joe's fault, or it's not that bad that a school bus full of children blew up on a fire crash with a Tesla, it happens all the time, or perhaps they'll just deny it, and MAGA will cover it up. Let them kill a whole bunch of American citizens, and then be all dismissive of any criticism.

This is the year to let MAGA fully flower, and do their worst. The Dems should just stay out of the way, and do nothing to stop them from themselves, and work the media to point out every disaster. I can't wait for the Midterms.

All the billionares watched a few too many 2077 YouTube videos.

Why do you think they're so specifically interested in space datacenters? And AR glasses? And AGI, and corpo states? Just to start.

2nd amendment is there for a reason.

Elon's stupid ass dedication to using cameras and image processing for self driving will ultimately be what leaves Tesla in the dust. A combination of LIDAR, cameras, and other detection tools are way safer than just cameras alone. I'm not a huge Mark Rober fan but he did show that you can beat Tesla's self driving with Looney Tunes techniques

i was thinking TESLA is really late to the game, when google's waymo already does it for a few years now, its still limited where it drives, but teslas already lost that race.

and if YOU want to burn, get in a Tesla

Pretty sure they make passengers agree to a waiver. Also nobody should be giving money to Elon Musk.

Just stay away from these things. If you find one parked then flatten the tires.